SAP Solution Manager - FICO

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

As an SAP Solution Manager on SAP S/4 Program, you have the role of ensuring the proper implementation of business process from various trading applications within our SAP financial back office, supporting E2E processes from invoices to payment, including financial analytics reporting.

In this position, you will have three main roles covering a large scope of responsibilities:

You are the gatekeeper of the finance solution and its integration with finance software ecosystem - up to the bank:

• You are the solution designer, based on business requirements
• With other application leaders, you design cross application flows
• Work closely and confidently with various departments
• You are ensuring maintenance and enhancement of your process and producing request for change

You belong to our highest expertise team:

• Understand the business need and translate it into a solution
• Manage business relationship to define target priorities and business value
• Ensure communication and be responsible of oneself indicators (measurable KPIs)
• Animate, inform, communicate, enhance, anticipate and perform with the partner applications to ensure end-to-end design
• Elaborate action plans for continuous improvements of the solution and solving recurrent incidents.  

You will be supporting the level 1 and level 2 teams for the most complex topics

• Perform Knowledge transfer to support team and develop their autonomy in the solution.
• Support structure and run KPIs are on track.

You are part of the company that implements companywide initiatives. You will be onboarded as core team member in S/4 regional roadmap in Americas continents.

As a summary:

You will have a full view of what is done in our team:

1. You will be responsible of SAP FI processes, including integration with procurement and source flows of invoices up to their payment
2. You will be making solution design decision as a member of the design solution board
3. You will manage the business relationship to ensure priority and business value
4. You will enable long term value through helping support team and proposing improvement

IT Skills

• [Must] experienced in IT best practices
• [Must] experienced in SAP FI especially AP, AR, BL
• [Plus] experienced with test campaign executions & automation tool
• [Plus] experienced with API & Idoc
• [Plus] experienced with SAP interface implementation and integration with MM, SD
• [Plus] Experience with JIRA and ServiceNow

Soft Skills

• [Must] great relationship and ability to work with multiple teams
• [Must] team management, organisation and leadership
• [Must] ability to learn fast and adapt to new solutions
• [Must] ability to demonstrate Critical Thinking
• [Must] Strong analysis, synthesis & communication capacity (written & oral)
• [Must] Flexibility/adaptability in a quick changing background scenario & no uncomfortable feelings in front of ambiguity

Experience

• [Must] +5y of proven experience in IT project
• [Must] experience with SAP
• [Plus] International multi-cultural environment
• [Plus] experience with trading CTRM solutions
• [Plus] Experience working in a large IT company, team-oriented & collaborative environment

Languages

• English (Fluent)

Education

• Master degree (or equivalent) in a related field

Additional

• The job will be located in Wilton, US at Louis Dreyfus Company offices
• You will report into a manager in Lyon, France

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

- Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage
- 401k with Company Match
- Family Friendly Benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility and family building benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
- Flexible work available (not applicable to all roles)

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Equal employment opportunity (EEO)

Louis Dreyfus Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us